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In the long history, Dunhuang County has always existed in a special way. In the era when Hexi fell in the late Han Dynasty, or when the Five Barbarians invaded China in the Jin Dynasty, Dunhuang County has always been loyal to the central court and became an enclave of the Central Plains dynasty in the Western Regions.

Even if Tubo captured Hexi and the Western Regions, Dunhuang was still the first uprising and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Until Li Yuanhao of the Western Xia captured Dunhuang City, Dunhuang had always been the county of the Central Plains dynasty and stood on the border of the Western Regions.

Although Ma Chao's power had gradually controlled Hexi, Dunhuang County was not under his control. General Ma Dai led 6,000 Han troops to retreat to Dunhuang County, and was not under Ma Chao's control.

Ma Chao always hoped that his brothers could become his right-hand man just like he used to fight against Cao Cao, but this time he was disappointed. Ma Dai refused to betray Liu Jing and the Han Kingdom. In the end, Ma Chao had no choice but to transfer him to Dunhuang County and serve as the Dunhuang Commander. He also sent a large number of patrol scouts along the way to cut off Ma Dai and Chang'an.

Even merchants traveling to and from the Western Regions were not allowed to go to the Dunhuang line. Although the news was blocked, Ma Dai still sent the news that Ma Chao was about to rebel to Chang'an through the opportunity of Master Li going to Longxi to attend the funeral.

As time passed day by day, Ma Dai had no news about Chang'an again. He waited patiently. He knew that at least Ma Chao would have news.

At noon that day, a team of Han army patrols rushed from the south, bringing famous cavalry and all the way to the barracks outside Dunhuang City. At this time, Ma Dai was training soldiers in the barracks. A soldier rushed over and knelt down on one knee and said, "General, the patrol has important things to report."

"Bring them over"

After a while, several patrol patrolmen walked quickly. Ma Dai saw the famous Han soldiers behind them, and was stunned. He hurriedly came forward and asked, "Who are they?"

The patrol soldiers bowed and reported: "Report to General, they came from the south of the mountain and came to deliver the letter under the order of General Pang De."

The Nanshan Mountain is also the Qilian Mountains, which is from the south of the Qilian Mountains. There is the Qinghai Plateau. There are herders often coming from there, but it is very difficult for people in the Central Plains. The terrain is high and the breathing is not smooth, so they are easily sick. Moreover, there are many wolves on the plateau. If you are not careful, you will lose your wolves' belly. Ma Dai did not consider that line. Unexpectedly, Pang De sent someone to bypass him. Ma Dai couldn't help but be overjoyed and asked, "You are all subordinates of General Pang."

Smiling for a cavalry, "The general doesn't know us anymore."

After Ma Dai looked closely, he immediately recognized them. They were the cavalry subordinates he trained back then. Ma Dai also laughed, "It turns out that it is you, you have become dark and thin. I really can't recognize you. Come to the big tent."

Ma Dai brought famous cavalry to the tent. He asked someone to sit down and ordered someone to send hot soup. Ma Dai asked anxiously: "What news does General Pang have to me?"

He took out a letter for the soldiers and handed it to Ma Dai, "This is the letter General Pang asked us to bring to the general."

Ma Dai took the letter and opened it, and he was stunned. This was not a letter from Pang De to him, but a handwritten letter from His Highness the King of Han. He read it carefully. In the letter, the King of Han praised him for loyalty and righteousness and appointed him as the Marquis of Dunhuang, asking him to prepare his army, defend the Dunhuang City first, and then wait for an opportunity to cooperate with the main force of the Han army.

Ma Dai was moved. He understood His Highness the painstaking efforts of His Royal Highness, and could not bear to let his brothers turn against each other, so he allowed himself to save Dunhuang City first. Ma Dai sighed secretly. He really didn't understand why his brother was so ambitious and had to realize that unrealistic dream.

"Where is General Pang now?"

"Report to the general, the Eagle Strike Army has captured the Great Doubagu. General Pang is now leading the cavalry to camp at the entrance of the valley, waiting for the order of the King of Han."

Ma Dai nodded and asked again: "Does General Pang ask you to go back and report?"

"There is no such requirement."

"Since that's the case, you stay in Dunhuang and wait with me for the opportunity."

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The biggest task of Zhang Ji's mission was to buy time for the Han army. First, the Han army wanted to withdraw officials and Han people from Hexi to save them from the disaster of war. In fact, the Han army needed time to prepare for war.

Although Liu Jing did not intend to spend nearly a year like the Battle of Hefei and the Han Dynasty did not have such a great financial support, the necessary combat preparations must not be spared. After Liu Jing had fought, he knew that the key to the outcome of a battle was whether the combat preparations were sufficient. Even if he ended the battle in one day, he would have to spend a month preparing.

The logistics of the war was mainly located in Jincheng County, which was later Lanzhou. It was close to the Yellow River and was convenient for transportation. The fleet that transported grain and food started from Chang'an, passed through the Wei River to the Yellow River, and finally transported to Jincheng County.

The army was also gathered in Jincheng County. This time, the Han army had to deal with the Qiang and Di cavalry and a mysterious Kushan army. Liu Jing also made up his mind to use this battle to completely transform Hexi.

Teams of cargo ships loaded with food and supplies left Chang'an, sailed towards Jincheng County, and began to prepare for intense battles.

But Liu Jing came to Lingzhou to inspect the immigration situation in Lingzhou. According to the deployment of Pingzhangtai, Chang'an called Qiansheng and several officials to rush to Lingzhou to assist the Lingzhou government in resettlement of immigrants.

Liu Jing did not come to Lingzhou alone. This time he brought Sun Shangxiang with him. As early as a few years ago, he took Sun Shangxiang to inspect Hanzhong. Sun Shangxiang was smart and capable, which brought great help to his inspection.

But the more important reason is that he wants to take Sun Shangxiang to relax. Although Sun Shangxiang does not mention the matter of Jiangdong and no longer pleads for her brother, Liu Jing can see that she is in a bad mood. Taking her out for a walk will help reduce her depression and depression.

Lingzhou was renamed Shuofang County last year. The Shuofang Strategic Envoy was Tao Zheng. He has been in office for more than a year. Under his governance, the permanent population of Shuofang has gradually increased from more than 7,000 to 15,000. Most of them were refugees who fled from Hedong and settled their homes in Shuofang.

This time, the Han Dynasty migrated a large number of Han people in Hexi and fled to the Central Plains to Shuofang County, which caused the population of Shuofang County to soar, and at the same time brought about commercial prosperity and a large amount of goods to the Shuofang Wharf.

This made Tao Zheng extremely busy and it was difficult for several days and nights to return to the city to rest. Fortunately, many children and officials came, which prevented him from being exhausted. Finally, he took a breath. At this moment, he received the news of the arrival of King Liu Jing of Han and rushed to pay homage.

There are tens of thousands of tents distributed in a vacant land covering dozens of hectares outside Lingzhou City. These tents are temporary homes for immigrants. Almost every household has a tent, and the government also issued five sheepskins and a bed of military blankets to each household.

Most immigrants bring simple furniture and bedding, pots and bowls, pots and bowls, clay pots and other daily uses. In addition, there is an official supply of food, salt and meat, which makes people's hearts stable and the living area is in order.

When Liu Jing arrived, many people had already migrated, making the huge living area particularly lively. Every household was busy. Women were tidying up their homes in tents, men went to the business area to register, while groups of children were running and playing in the tents. Occasionally, there would be peddlers carrying loads and hawking around them, and they were immediately surrounded by women.

Sun Shangxiang followed her husband north and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way. Her mood gradually became cheerful. After entering Shuofang County, she finally began to talk and laugh.

This is the result of Liu Jing's hope. He didn't want to talk about Jiangdong with Sun Shangxiang. He hoped that Sun Shangxiang could untie this knot by himself. It seemed that when she took her to the West Market, she had already been much better. Although she was still a little depressed, as long as she came out and walked, her mood would be better.

At this time, Sun Shangxiang saw the huge tent group through the car window. She was a little shocked. She hurriedly pulled Liu Jing over and asked, "Husband, where is this?"

Liu Jing looked at it and smiled and said, "This is outside Lingzhou City. These tents are for the resettlement of immigrants from Hexi and Central Plains. I estimate that at least 200,000 people will come, which should be just a part of them."

"There are 200,000 people," Sun Shangxiang exclaimed and said to herself: "I guess there will be many people coming to Jiangdong."

"There are also many fugitives in Jiangdong, but most of them are concentrated in Jingzhou, and there are also some in Guanzhong and Chang'an, with about 10,000 people. This time they moved to Lingzhou, there are not many people in Jiangdong, mainly because of the climate, so it is difficult for them to adapt to the winter here."

"Yes, they will go back in the end, who is willing to leave their hometown?"

Sun Shangxiang whispered, her mood seemed a little depressed again. Liu Jing put his shoulder on her and smiled: "Calm yourself, you will follow me to visit the victims later. You need you to reflect the image of the princess."

Sun Shangxiang gave him a blank look and muttered, "I'm not my princess in Chang'an."

Even though he said that, Sun Shangxiang took out the bronze mirror, looked at his appearance and hair bun, and then smiled and said, "I can only feel wronged for one day. This time I came out to relax, and I am not your maid."

"That's one day"

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the tent gate. Liu Jing got off the carriage first, then held Sun Shangxiang's hand, and slowly led her down. A group of senior military and political officials had already been waiting here, including Shangshu Dong He, the governor of the Strategic Initiative, Tao Zheng, the governor of Lingzhou Liao Hua, and Du Ji who retreated from Hexi.

They saw the King of Han and the Princess get off the carriage and saluted together, "See Your Highness, the Princess."

Liu Jing nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work during this period, I don't know what's going on now."

Dong He was the leader of this immigration, and he replied: "Everything went well. Please ask Your Highness to discuss in detail."

Liu Jing and Sun Shangxiang walked into the affairs area surrounded by everyone. There were several large tents, mostly warehouses, with soldiers' strict protection, mainly responsible for registering immigration and solving immigration difficulties, as well as providing food and handling of land deeds.

In front of several large tents, there were people who came to register, mostly young and strong men. After registering household registration, they could get a land deed and quickly participate in the distribution of land. It was related to everyone's personal interests. For all immigrants, this is the most important thing. The first thing for every new immigrant is to register their household registration.

Sun Shangxiang followed Liu Jing past the large group of registered immigrants. At this time, a thin young man hurriedly came out of the big tent. Sun Shangxiang recognized him and was stunned, "Why are you here in Lingzhou?"
Chapter completed!